Baptism and Resurrection
Baptism and Resurrection

Author: Alexander J. M. Wedderburn

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 161097087X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The assumption that Romans 6 and 1 Corinthians 15 reflects a borrowing of ideas from Graeco-Roman mystery initiations is not the likeliest explanation of these texts nor does justice either to recent studies of the mysteries nor to the difficulty in reinterpreting resurrection to refer to a spiritual state which the baptized enjoyed in the present. Spiritual phenomena may have shown early Christians in the Graeco-Roman world that they had life, but not resurrection. Dying with Christ has other roots than the mysteries and the latter should not be interpreted in the light of Paul, but dying and coming to life again is a theme common to a great many rites of passage.

The Resurrection: a Critical Inquiry
The Resurrection: a Critical Inquiry

Author: Michael J. Alter

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-02-21

Total Pages: 807

ISBN-13: 1499054033

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Resurrection: A Critical Inquiry is a scholarly work that refutes Jesuss purported physical, bodily resurrection and those writings in support of it. This book is compelling, relevant and current for those readers seeking scholarly refutations of that resurrection. This in-depth work presents the reader with 113 issues. Altogether one hundred twenty contradictions and 217 speculations are examined. Topics include cutting edge research in astronomy, geophysics, criminology and the rules of evidence, the social sciences and cognitive psychology.